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10-31-2018, 04:46 PM

Study: 2016 Immigration Tied Previous Record High

<div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden"><a href="/news/study-2016-immigration-tied-previous-record-high"><img class="image-style--medium img" typeof="foaf:Image" src="https://www.numbersusa.com/sites/default/styles/medium/public/assets/news/CIS%20logo_5.png?itok=E6aELQev" alt=""></a></div><div class="field field--name-field-timestamp field--type-datestamp field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2018-10-31T12:40:14-04:00"><b>Wed,</b> <span class="uppercase"><b>Oct</b></span> 31<sup>st</sup> 2018 @ <b>12:40</b> pm EDT</time></div><p>A new study by the Center for Immigration Studies says that 1.75 million legal immigrants and illegal aliens arrived in the United States in 2016, matching the previous record set in 1999. The study found that half of the increase in new arrivals -- legal and illegal -- since 2011 came from Latin America, which doubled to 668,000 by 2016. Latin America surpassed Asia as the top sending-region in 2016. This was in part due to the large increase in migrant families and unaccompanied alien children from Central America</p>